SpeedyMarks on the side

After optimizing all my iPhone applications for the browser sidebars it's now time to put the SpeedyMarks itself into the sidebar too.

It's great to have all your visual bookmarks only one click away without creating or switching tabs. Just put

http://www.speedymarks.com/sidebar.html

in your sidebar and there you are or simply click one of these links:

Add to Firefox Sidebar     Add to Opera Panels

You will see that the sidebar version shares the same SpeedyMarks as the desktop version (from either cookie based or server based storage) but comes with its own settings for background color, SpeedyMarks size and link target.

Please note: Alternatively you could use the iPhone version of SpeedyMarks, which works great in the sidebar too but it manages its collection of SpeedyMarks indepently.

New iPhone App: Photo Tags

Search, view and slideshow the latest photos from Flickr and Photobucket for any combination of tags, out of curiosity or for your own inspiration.

Manage your tags in a hierarchical way in order to fine tune your search.

phototags.speedymarks.com

Add to Firefox Sidebar     Add to Opera Panels

iPhone apps in browser sidebar

As you probably know it makes complete sense to run iPhone optimized web applications (e.g. the mobile Google Reader) in the browser sidebar. iPhone applications are usually optimized for a 320 pixel wide browser window which is the perfect size for Firefox's sidebar and Operas panels especially on todays wide screen monitors where a full screen web page would be too wide anyway.

Of course you an run all my iPhone applications in the sidebar already. Just open the application in Firefox or Opera, add a bookmark and check Load this bookmark in the sidebar on Firefox or Show in panel on Opera.

But if you want to run more than one of my iPhone applications in the sidebar you need to create a lot of bookmarks and constantly click your booksmarks to switch. There is no need to. Just put

http://start.speedymarks.com/sidebar.html

in your sidebar and you can easily switch between all my iPhone applications on your sidebar. It even comes with a convient button to add the bookmark automatically:

Add to Opera Panels

New iPhone App: Weekday

Did you always want to know which day of week you or one of your friends was born? This iPhone web application calculates the day of the week for any date in the past and the future. It's useful to plan your holidays and trips or just find out the day of week for your next anniversary.

weekday.speedymarks.com

Add to Firefox Sidebar     Add to Opera Panels

Login to WorldWatchr and Share Your Webcams

After storing your SpeedyMarks on the server you can now do the same with your webcams on WorldWatchr:



Just login using your (existing or to be created) Google Account and all your webcams are stored on the server (on the Google server farm to be precise). This makes it possible to access your camera collection from everywhere even with multiple browsers. And the best, it works with the iPhone version as well, where you will see exactly the same webcams:



Don't worry, WorldWatchr doesn't ever see your Google Account password, rest assured. If you logout you are back to the local cookie based storage specific to each desktop and browser (and you have the option to clean your server storage before you leave).

Now you have the choice to either use the server and share your WorldWatchr webcams or keep them completely local and private.

Login to your SpeedyMarks

As a SpeedyMarks user you might have noticed the new Login link on the upper right hand corner:



An often requested feature of several users has been the server storage of the visual bookmarks. Yes, I heard you and I'm excited to let you know it's done now. Just login using your (existing or to be created) Google Account and all your SpeedyMarks are stored on the server (on the Google server farm to be precise). This makes it possible to access your SpeedyMarks from everywhere even with multiple browsers. And the best, it does work for the iPhone SpeedyMarks as well, which are separate from the desktop bookmarks:



Don't worry, SpeedyMarks doesn't ever see your Google Account password, rest assured. If you logout you are back to the local cookie based SpeedyMarks specific to each desktop and browser (and you have the option to clean your server storage before you leave).

Now you have the choice to either use the server and share your SpeedyMarks or keep them completely local and private.

New iPhone App: Astro

Explore the night sky, the mars or our old moon with the help of Google Maps. Click on the map to pan around quickly and zoom in to examine craters, spots or nebulas in more detail.

astro.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: State Quiz

Test your knowledge and spot the states of the USA on the map.

statequiz.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: States

Do you ask yourself sometimes, where in the USA is this state? This application shows each state of the USA on the map. Either select it from the list or jump around randomly.

states.speedymarks.com

New iPhone App: Sunset

This applications helps to calculate the sunrise and sunset times for each location in world on each day of the year. Enjoy planning your next holiday, trip or photo session where ever and when ever you want to go. Just click on the location, choose date and timezone and optionally add 1 hour daylight saving.

sun.speedymarks.com

RSS Awareness Day

To day is the RSS awareness day. Therefore I would like to take the chance to point to my RSS Feed Reader application for the iPhone.